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1. (v.t.) abbreviate
to shorten (a word or phrase) by omitting letters, substituting shorter forms, etc., so that the shortened form can represent the whole word or phrase.
2. abbreviate
to reduce in length, duration, etc.; make briefer:
to abbreviate a speech.
3. (v.i.) abbreviate
to use abbreviations.
Etymology: (1400–50; late ME < ML abbreviātus, ptp. of abbreviāre to shorten = L ad-ad - +-breviāre, v. der. of brevis short)
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| Definition of 'abbreviate' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (verb) abridge, foreshorten, abbreviate, shorten, cut, contract, reduce
reduce in scope while retaining essential elements
"The manuscript must be shortened"
2. (verb) abbreviate
shorten
"Abbreviate `New York' and write `NY'"
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| Definition of 'abbreviate' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) abbreviate
abbreviated; abridged; shortened
2. (adj) abbreviate
having one part relatively shorter than another or than the ordinary type
3. (noun) abbreviate
an abridgment
4. (verb) abbreviate
to make briefer; to shorten; to abridge; to reduce by contraction or omission, especially of words written or spoken
5. (verb) abbreviate
to reduce to lower terms, as a fraction
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Sense: to shorten (a word, phrase etc)
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 Afrikaans: afkort |
 Arabic: يُخْتَصَر |
 Bulgarian: съкращавам |
 Brazilian: abreviar |
 Czech: zkrátit |
 German: abkürzen |
 Danish: forkorte |
 Greek: συντέμνω |
 Spanish: abreviar |
 Estonian: lühendama |
 Farsi: مخفف کردن؛ کوتاه کردن |
 Finnish: lyhentää |
 French: abréger |
 Hebrew: לְקַצֵר |
 Hindi: संक्षिप्त करना |
 Croatian: pokratiti |
 Hungarian: rövidít |
 Indonesian: menyingkat |
 Icelandic: stytta; skammstafa |
 Italian: abbreviare |
 Japanese: 短縮する |
 Korean: 단축하다 |
 Lithuanian: (su)trumpinti |
 Latvian: saīsināt |
 Malay: meringkaskan |
 Dutch: afkorten |
 Norwegian: forkorte |
 Polish: skracać |
 Persian: مخفف کردن؛ کوتاه کردن |
 Pashto: لنډول، مخفف كول |
 Portuguese: abreviar |
 Romanian: a abrevia |
 Russian: сокращать |
 Slovak: skrátiť |
 Slovenian: okrajšati |
 Serbian: skratiti |
 Swedish: förkorta |
 Thai: ทำให้สั้นลง |
 Turkish: kısaltmak |
 Taiwanese: 縮寫 |
 Ukrainian: скорочувати |
 Urdu: مختصر طور پر لکھنا |
 Vietnamese: viết tắt |
 Chinese: 缩写 |
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